A Small One-Design Class. 
The “bug” class, so popular on Long Island 
Sound on account of its cheapness, has a worthy 
rival in the new one-design class of catboats, 
designed by Mr. Fred Goeller, Jr., for members 
of the Corinthian Yacht Racing Union of New 
York. 
Six of these boats are at present completed at 
the yard of Fyfe and Hittorff, Glenwood Land¬ 
ing, L. I., and over a dozen more are in course 
of construction for members of the various 
clubs comprising the union, who, during the 
season, will sail a series of Saturday afternoon 
races for points among the club boats, the 
winner of the most number of points to receive 
a cup besides championship races held between 
the various clubs to decide the champion of the 
year. 
As yachtsmen have long since discovered, 
there is more solid enjoyment and fun to be 
had out of a one-design club class, where the 
racing is among club members, and held locally 
where the club’s friends can enjoy it than any 
C. Y. R. U. ONE DESIGN BOAT. 
privateering of going off to another club's race 
alone, even if you do bring a mug home in the 
locker. 
Our illustrations show what these exceedingly 
cheap but serviceable little boats look like; and 
after May 15—the date of delivery—we hope to 
show what they look like sailing in the water. 
Here are some of their dimensions, etc.: 
Length over all, 14ft.; waterline, 12ft. 4m.; 
beam, 5ft.; draft, loin. Planking, s^in. cedar. 
Frames, %x2j4in. at keel and ij 4 in at head. 
Keel, oak, 8 in.xil 4 in. Copper fastenings be¬ 
tween frames over burrs, all other to be gal¬ 
vanized. Ropes, manilla. Blocks, galvanized. 
Boats, cat-rigged. Bed pieces of centerboard 
trunk, iJ4x4in. oak. Spar 4m. at partners, and 
to have two coats spar varnish, two coats pure 
linseed oil on all other woodwork. Sail, 6 /- 
ounce twill cross cut. Timbers, i8in. centers. 
Yachts are being .uncovered and work begun 
to get them in commission for the coming sea¬ 
son’s races in all the yacht yards now that 
winter, is practically over. 
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The schooner Zurah at City Island is having 
new. heavier masts fitted for the coming Ber¬ 
muda race. Every one last year expressed the 
fear that she would carry away the light sticks 
she then had in her. This time Zurah is ex¬ 
pected to give a good account of herself. 
A $5,000 Cup. 
The New York World announces the putting 
up of another yacht racing trophy as follows: 
“Rumors in yachting circles for the past few 
days that a valuable gold cup would be offered 
for a race this coming summer over the Ameri¬ 
ca s Cup course, off Sandy Hook, came to a 
head last night in an admission by Frederic 
Thompson that he had determined to .give a 
trophy for a series of races. While he would 
not go into the matter at length, he said lffs 
plan was to donate a prize that could be raced 
tor under conditions sweeping enough to give 
yachtsmen of all countries a chance to try for 
it. It will be known as the American Cup and 
be of $5,000 value, making it the most costly 
trophy offered for competition in any sport. 
"The races for it probably will take place the 
latter part of July under the auspices of either 
the Larchmont or Atlantic Club, to both of 
which Mr. Thompson belongs. He is to order 
a large schooner to race this summer and will 
sail for the cup himself under the condition that 
if it should be won by his boat he will turn it 
over to the club holding the contests. 
“Unlike most other yachting trophies, the cup 
will not be surrounded by restrictions. It will 
be raced for each year, and yachts of any club 
in the world may compete for it. The club under 
whose colors the winning yacht sails must put 
it up for competition the following year, and if 
a race is not arranged the cup shall revert to 
the club holding the initial race. 
“It is understood it will be stipulated that at 
least two races must be sailed in order to win 
it, as ;n the case of the America’s Cup. With a 
fleet of yachts in competition the order of their 
finish will be counted on the point system, but 
a yacht must win one race in order to get the 
prize. If one yacht wins the first two races the 
cup will go to her, and if the first two races 
are won by different yachts a third race will be 
sailed and the point system applied. 
“Time allowance will be figured under the 
measurement rule adopted by the Atlantic Coasi 
Conference. That is, the American rule Sir 
Thomas Lipton wanted to race under. But in 
order to do away with the chance of a small 
craft stealing in hours after the large ones have 
finished and winning the prize on allowance it is 
probable that 50ft. rating measurement will be 
the limit of allowance. As in the King’s cup 
contests, all yachts will sail in one class with the 
customary 15 per cent, measurement allowance 
for schooners from sloops. 
“The courses will be the ones off Sandy Hook 
used for the America’s Cup races, the first being 
a triangular one of 30 miles and the second a 
beat of 15 miles to windward and return. 
Whether the races will be sailed on consecutive 
days or with a day between races will be de¬ 
termined by the committee in charge of each 
series. 
“That the races will attract yachtsmen goes 
without saying, as the cup will eclipse all others 
in value and mean much to win because of the 
open competition for it.” 
The Bayside Fire. 
From the April issue of the Bayside Log 
Book, the fire issue, as it is called, we learn 
that the entire fleet of the torpedo one-design 
class—five boats—went up in smoke. They were 
owned by Edwin Andrews, Jr/, Chas. H. 
Roberts, Leo. Bugg, J. E. Hill and Archibald 
Nesbett. As the Log says, “They have sailed 
their last race and finished close in a, dead heat.” 
Besides these, the catboat The Pup, owned by 
Frederic Floyd-Jones, a sloop owned by Shirley 
Guard, the Dragon Fly, owned by D. W. 
Barnes, four dories and seven rowboats were all 
destroyed. 
New Motor Boat Raeo Launched. 
The new power yacht Raeo, owned by Mr. 
Ralph S. Townsend, was launched from the City 
Island Shipbuilding Company’s yards last week. 
The yacht has the distinction of being the first 
new boat building in this vicinity that has been 
placed in the water this year. „ 
Ihe Raeo is well adapted for ^extensive cruis¬ 
ing at a fair rate of speed and at a small running 
expense. She is 73ft. over all, 68ft. 9 in. on the 
waterline, 15ft. beam and 4ft. 4m. draft. She is 
schooner rigged, with small sail plan that will 
enable her to make moderate progress under 
favorable circumstances and to maintain con¬ 
trol of the vessel in case of any trouble with 
her machinery. There are no deck houses, but 
for a distance of 30ft. amidships the sides of the 
hull are carried up i2in., forming a flush deck. 
Forward this raised section sweeps across the 
decks with a graceful curve, making the total 
length of 40ft. of raised hull, under which the 
living quarters are arranged. This gives ample 
space for very room and comfortable accommo¬ 
dations. 
The motive power of the Raeo is a Standard 
engine of 50-horsepower, which will drive the 
boat at a speed of eleven miles an hour. After 
STERN VIEW OF “wELSEI.EY-SIDDEI.EY” CHALLENGER 
FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR BOAT CUP. 
the Raeo was given a trial, she was taken to 
Larchmont, where her owner will make his 
headquarters during the coming season. Mr. 
Henry J. Gielow designed the Raeo. 
A Long Canoe Cruise. 
Capt. J. C. Voss, F. R. G S., who left Vic¬ 
toria, B. C., in 1901 to circumnavigate the globe 
in the Indian canoe Tilikum, hewn from a single 
treetrunk, has completed his adventurous cruise, 
and the Tilikum is now on exhibition in Lon¬ 
don. 
Captain Voss’s cruise began at Victoria on 
May 21, 1901, with N. K. Luxton as his com¬ 
panion. He sailed first to Cuva Fiji, where 
Luxton left him, being replaced by a sailor 
named Begene. The latter fell overboard when 
1.200 miles off Sydney, taking the compass with 
him, and Voss made the journey to New South 
Wales without compass, navigating by dead 
reckoning and the set of the ocean swell. 
Fierce electric storms, a series of bad water¬ 
spouts and the difficulties of navigation without 
,a compass saved him from madness. He sub¬ 
sequently went with the canoe to Melbourne, 
Hobart, Tasmania, New Zealand, the New 
Hebrides, where he was captured by cannibals 
and barely escaped being eaten; Thursday 
Island and Durban. The canoe was thence 
